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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






2. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






3. Something that supports a sculpture






4. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






5. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






6. Pale green






7. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






8. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






9. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






10. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






11. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






12. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






13. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






14. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






15. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






16. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






17. The amount of light reflected by a hue






18. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






19. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






20. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






21. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






22. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






23. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






24. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






25. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






26. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






27. Technique of shading using dots to control value






28. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






29. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






30. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






31. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






32. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






33. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






34. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






35. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






36. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






37. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






38. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






39. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






40. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






41. Renowned for paintings and prints






42. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






43. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






44. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






45. Creates blue dye






46. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






47. Known for his glass sculpture






48. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






49. Application of potassium sulphide






50. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video